- In architecture, an
arris is the
sharp edge
formed by the
intersection of two surfaces, such as the
corner of a
masonry unit; the edge of a
timber in timber...
- of
material and labor. The
thrust is
concentrated along the
groins or
arrises (the four
diagonal edges formed along the
points where the
barrel vaults...
- at
sharp edges called arrises. At the top of the columns,
slightly below the
narrowest point, and
crossing the
terminating arrises, are
three horizontal...
-
settings the
columns are
usually fluted. The
flutes are shallow, with
arrises, like the Gr****
Doric order, but they are more numerous, and therefore...
- for
Ionic and
Corinthian columns, with flat
fillets rather than
sharp arrises between the flutes, and
rounded ends to the top and
bottom of flutes. The...
- The
finished bricks are very
accurate and uniform,
although the
sharp arrises need
careful handling to
avoid damage to
brick and bricklayer. The bricks...
-
shooting by
offering to pay Wong, but Wong refuses. When an
opportunity arrises as the ********in
backs away,
Allan shields Mic****e with his body and takes...
-
clock on each face. It has a "recessed
octagonal spire with
crocketed arrises and
pinnacled shafts rising from
corner faces and a
gilded weathervane...
-
provide a
centring effect. In
conjunction with a
thread profile with
sharp arrises, a three-lobed
thread of this form is the
basis of the well-known Taptite...
- fluted, the
eight other sides being produced by a
concave chamfering of the
arrises of the octagon. This
method of
finishing off the
arris at the
point of...
